 Ironically his own brother-in-law was a posse member and shot Patterson in the head.Sturgeon, an elusive, primitive, and rare, fish have been caught on occasion in Wawasee.The first account was around 1855 when Jake Renfro and three others by the last names of Kitson, Etter, and Snyder speared a sturgeon in the main channel between Syracuse Lake and Wawasee.